The Sun. — London, England, 1826-05-23 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 1' • Pt -Jasper, Captain Freeniantle, is to be paid off, all standing, IChathatn. - The Investigator , Survey Vessel, arrived at Sheerness on the instant. .The Dromedary, store-ship, with passengers, arrived a t uda on the' 16th F e bruary, after a passage of six weeks, England. By Letters received from Lisbon this morning, dated the 6 th t tit., it appe ar s th a t the Ocean, .Albion, and Genoa, re ined in the Tagus at that date. His Majesty's ship Maidstone, Coinmodaie Bullen, Railed from ' cension for th e Bi g ht o f Beni n , on the Ist of March. . Arrontnutrrs.—Mr. W. Crichton, Surgeon , R.N. to the ' l a ; Mr. A. L. Jack, Surgeon, R.N. to the Perseus; and Mr. Campbell (B.) an d H enr y Sanderson, Supernumerary Surgeons , the flag 'hip at J a m a i ca . i 1 Mr. Wm. Kimber, - Purser of the Trinculo ; Mr. Cha rl e s i liver Davies, P urser o f the Boadicea ; and Mr. Thomas Gilo, r r: ,Lirier . of the Ai ac h ne . i Lient. A./B a i r d h as b ee n con fi rmed as Commander of the recline,. vice Dawson, -killed 'i Mr. F. B. Tinting, has been appointed Lieutena nt of the Boa tile"' Vie t tient. Baird. : r i. Tl, • EAST INDIA SHIPPING. , A -e Rotterdam Waters, from off Dartmouthi sailed , China, be , .'enther 14, passed Anjeer, January '7, for Amsterdam. The Nurden, Krecht, from Bengal, off Plymouth, sailed in -0-Novetaber, from the Mauritius, February 1-, and from St. Helena, March 14, for Copenhagen. . . - . The Her, ey Peach, front New South Wale s, off We y mouth, i oiled i n November; from Van Diornen's Lan d, N o v. 7, and from Mont e Vid eo, February 19. P asengers per Lady Raffles, Captain James Cnxwell, from Ma i iris and Bengal :—Mrs. Colonel Farran, Miss Farran, and Lien:, ' 1 'a't Charles and MN Farran—Madras ; Captain and Mn'. } l'Q ' ' ' • Messrs Morgan, Murray, Martin, Cottrell, An . ueen, Madras cavalry ; Lieutenant Butler, two Misses Grif -1 in", tea Misses Browns, Mrs: Turner, MSS Hughes; and Lieu , main Walker ; 4 . 'f t r ews. Gtrimer, F a rran, Jones, Lucas, Wilkinson, Hollowaes , ''''' trews. Gibson, and Hollings--Cadets. Y : . - ,4 esterday, the despatches were closed at the E ast India House, 1 delivered to the' Pursers of the following ships, via.:-Lady 1! "Mei nail Abberton, for Madras and Bengal. LLOYD'S.—(Tuts DAY.) OEM, May 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Percy, from St. . " :" I lt 3 ; Ann of Whitby, from the River G ambia ; Adventure.. A 1 (4 " , o, from Trieste. Arrived from the Ri ver, the br ig Caro line ; the Woodlark, Horsley, from Singap ore, has sailed for the River. Two large ships (apparently East Ind iamen) arc coming in through the Gulls from the River. l 'ousttourx MAY 22.—. Wind N.E.—Arrived the Berwick ii ' e ket, Hugh e s, f ro m St. Michaels ; Dryad , J ones, from Dub lin. ,l'assed by the Dutch ship Mary , Pa lm, from Batavia, in 1 ;, "Ytifro m ; Octavia, Russell, from Man i l la, in 140 days; Wood t Madras , and the Danish ship Joseningen , , 'tarn St. Croix for Copenhagen. Cowes, MAY 22.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Brilliant, ..'' a tlienter from Havannah, in 44 day s ; Two Brothers; Meek, ana.Bahia, and the Earl Wellington , Po tts, from Antwer p for PALmovrit, MAY 21.—Wind N. — Ar rived the Nocton Packet, tram 1), the Brazil s , l as t from Lisbon, in 13 d ' clays • and the Stanmer a '"et, from Li s b on , i n IS days. Sailed the Malvina for Lisbon. v Ll, Ettpout., MAY 23.—The Hannibal, Walkinson, from Sa ila:nail, was got off 13urbo Bank last nht's - tide, and brought 0 : Nine's' Dock. The ship is seriously injured; but it is hoped 1 r? is not materially damaged. A6 l ° ‘ Fit, MAY 22.—Passed by the Woodford, Chapman, from Childe Harold, West, from Bengal ; Lucy Davison, Il l :till, from Jamaica, and the Charles, Milne , from Toba g o. 11'4 14. 1114G8, MAY 22.— r Passed by the Harvey, front New South arrived off Holyhead, the Packet ship Panther, from New York. The Sinters, H en d erson , from the Azores to Glasgo w, wad d . 1 , / T on shor e on Th urs d a y, near Cambletoun. r e ti tax, Nicholls, from Liverpool to Savannah, is lost near . . rrived o ff D over , t h e Ri c hmond, Crabtree, from Virginia. T he New Tomes has arrived at Constantinople, the Master ea, plodered of hii money watch, and clothes. Th • piaPacket front Glas;ow anti Malta to Smyrna, has been tiered of upwards of 60 packages of manufactured goods, 100 ewt. a Th r, and a quantity of dollars. b e „ e Thomas Hobbs, from Constantinople to Alexandria, has taken by a Greek ship of war, and carried into jiydra. BRIGHTON, MAY 21. Lord John Russell, the brother of the Colonel of t he B th Hussars, Lord William, after a visit of several day to the latter, is in the departure list. p The Pump Room of our German Spa , in the New ark, one or two days last week, strongly brought to ottr recollection the 1 3 um p Room at Bath, inasmuch al it was selected by the fashionables as the mornin g r eB art and promenade. , Ireland's Itoyal Gardens, in the week past, were e ti ` e §alitl . tisited daily. Man , groups of fashion ad ace," to their i . ay, lively, and blooming appearance, this inernoott. 'he diversified beauties w uch this char ti i ng retreat now unfolds excite the strongest sensa tion of admiration and delight in every new beholder. I visit the lace once is to promise yourself a simi arlgratification on every future occurring opportunity. an t - has been common of late for Gentlemen to i n B e themselves in fishing, with a hook and line, at the wi. outer extremity of the Suspension Pier. Mullets, i m '! t ing, eels, and plaice, and now and then a mackarel, ti. %° been caught there, and much to the satisfac el': and encouragement of the polished operatives so ' ,Z e d. A considerable addition in names has been at to the Subscription Book, at the Reading Saloon this place, within the last few days. ,h he the Duke of York transacted military busines s ‘ vit, yesterday of Yesterday, th e E ar l o f Clanwilliam had an audience Majesty, on His arrival in England from his `mhosy at rl. rince Leopold gave a grand dinner yesterday to a n u ' inerou s party, to meet the Duchess of Kent and the uuke of Sussex. Yesterday the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess reodor, visited. the Princess Augusta. The Princess Augusta paid a visit yesterday to the nuke of York, at his residence in South Audley 'treet. Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador, "transact business yesterday, at the Foreign-office, Downing. Street. Yesterday, Lord Charles Somerset transacted busi. teas at the Secretary of State's Office for Colonial Affairs. The Earl of Clanwilliam, Minister at Berlin, trans - "ea business on Saturday . with Mr. Secretary Ca ntling, at his, office in Downing-street. The accouchement of the Duchess of Bedford to l ) idly approaches. This will make the eleventh. ;Ler Grace will rema in in St.-James's-square, until the " ve nt has taken place. „ ary o°n Friday L oi d Charles Some r s e t tr a nsacted busi ",!as at th e S ecret f State's office for the Colonial e rnent, for the first time since his Lordship's ar nv ni England from the Cape of Good Hope. AT IN CORPORATED SOCIETY FOR CLOTHING, 1 ;:INT4INII.IG, ANT) EDUCATING POOR 0114404NR OF CLERGY.. Eli 1 n 4 Or UN E S TABLISHED COURCII.—The Annual Public Lea luation of the Children of this Society took place on Monday prese t , it S c h oo l, S t. Jo h n ' s Wood, St. M ary-la-bonne, in the e of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Presi dent'.l i c . the Lo r d Bi s h op o f L on d on , the Vice-President ; Lord 7yola, the Bishops of Lincoln, Bath and Wells, Chichester, 41 7 ter, Gloucester,-and Llandaff, the Dean of Peterborough, a very numerous audience. The children passed their exa r7nation to the perfect ;antitifaction of their generous patrons and i, 4l9f a,_ "out and Wells nett th e hi ,reputation of this most wroning Institution, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY.—(Tuts Dmr.) LINCOLN'S-INN-HALL. To-day being the first Seal after the Recess, his Lordship sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall at a few minutes after ten. • RE BRISTOL CHARITY. Mr. HART stated that a letter had been put into his hand from his Majesty's Attorney-General, ad dressed to his Lordship, with a request that he would hand it to the Lord Chancellor, which he now begged to do. Mr. HORNE said, he of course could have no wish to intercept any letter from the Attorney-General to the Lord Chancellor ; but, as this was a letter stated to be relating to the Bristol Charity, and handed to his Lordship by a Counsel at this bar, it was natural to suppose that the letter contained something of im portance ; if that were so, Counsel on the other side ought to see it. His LORDSHIP had no objection whatever to show the letter ; and, upon opening it, immediately handed it to Mr. Home. _ _ Mr. HORNE read it, and then observed, if it were to have any weight, his clients would be placed in a very awkward situation. He thought Mr. Flart would do well to read it. _ Mr. HART said no, he would not read it. The letter was sealed before it came to his hand; it was not addressed to him, and he would not read it. Mr. HORNE felt bound to express some surprise at the contents of such a communication to the Court from the Attorney-General. His client had had the sanction of the Attorney-General in bringing this matter before the Court, and yet, by the present com munication, he stated, that in his opinion, " the dis covery vrayed in this information was much too ex tennve. ' _ . His LORDSHIP thought- it right to state how it originated, that he had had the honour of this com munication : it had struck him (the Chancellor) upon hearing this information, that if the Attorney-Ge neral had drawn the bill, which brought the mat ter before the Court, instead of having merely put his name to it, he having a duty to discharge, as well as being in the habit of being employed by clients, he never could, have asked for such a discovery as the bill prayed ; and therefore - he had requested that the Attorney General would again turn his attention to it. Mr. }LANE said, it never had been stated to him that the Attorney-General had taken any step, since sanctioning the filing of the information. His LORDSHIP could assure Mr. Horne that he had taken no step, except sending him that letter ; and now, if the parties had nothing more to say, it would have to remain with the Court to do what should appear to it to he right. Mr. HoRNE was quite willing to leave his Lord ship to act as he should think proper, and so the matter rests. GRAY CHAPLIN. Mr. HEALD moved, notice of this motion having been given on the 25th of May last year, that an order made on the 16th of May, 1825, restraining the de fendants in this case from further interferwg in the navigation of a canal named in the pleadings, and from receiving the tolls payable thereon, might be dis charged. In the year 1763, an Act of Par liament was passed, authorising the making of a canal from a certain part of the river Humber, through the town of Louth, in the County of Lincoln, to the sea. The Canal had been made, and by his Honor's order, a receiver had been ap pointed, and the injunction granted. The effect of this order was, to disturb a possession which had been in the family of the defendants for about 60 years, and to take into the hands of this Court the management of the Canal. This appeal motion was likely to occupy the greater part, or the whole of the day. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS—(Tins D.ty.) PASCIIE V. WRIGHT AND ANOTHER. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for a breach of contract, under the following circumstances :—The plaintiff purchased from the de fendants a large quantity of yarn of various descrip tions ; previous to the purchase, he sent a person to Hull to inspect it, and procure samples ; after the contract had been made the plaintiff sold 140 bales of the yarn by the sample to Messrs. Burly and Co. of Whitehaven, at an advanced price. When the yarn had been delivered to Burly and Co., they rejected it as inferior to the sample, but the de fendants negociated for the same with Burly and Co. at an inferior price. This action was brought to recover what the plaintiff had lost by not being able to complete the contract with Burly and Co. Mr. Burly, the principal evidence, was called on his subp(rna, but did not attend ; the consequence was that the plaintiff was non-suited. CLARKE V. KING. This was.an action for the breach of an agreement for the purchase of a public-house. Mr. Sergeant WILDE stated the case. The plain tiff, he said, purchased from the defendant the lease of the George public-house, in Whitechapel, which was to have been giveh up to him, with a licence for the time to come, on the 4th of April last ; but after the plaintiff had taken possession, he discovered that the defendant had no licence of his own, but one in the name of Thomas Harewood, which ex pired on the sth of April ; and no precautions having been taken to have the licence renewed, business could not be carried on for a considerable time after. The plaintiff consequently sued for a deposit of 401., which he had previously made, and also compensation for the damages he sustained, in not being able to trans act business in the house. It appeared in evidence, that on the day of the transfer the plaintiff, instead of cash had offered a check on a brewer, which had been objected to. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN having addressed the Jury for the defendant, The CHIEF JUSTICE said, that neither party' were in a condition to perform the contract, the plain tiff not having made a proper tender was ' not entitled to damages, but he thought be had a right to the deposit. The defendant not being a free man, could not transfer the licence, for the premises being within the city, none but fr eemen could get a licence nor transfer it ; by the condu ct of parties on both sides the contract had been resciUdod. The Jury without hesitation returned a verdict for the plaintiff-r-Damages 100/. The old banking-house of Sikes, Snaith, and Co., of the Poultry, have paid a dividend of 6s. Bd. per pound, and ss. more k immediately anticipated. It will be remembered that this is one of the firms which fell during the panic in December last, and has been frequently spoken of by some as likely never to make any dividend ; by others, at aot riktly to pay more than b►l(- alma is tbAr. peun.4, **` COBBETT. It is to be regretted that the former works of Mr• Cobbett are not more. generally known amongst the middling and lower classes. Few men who now hear him declaiming against the Governmpt, and listen to his rhodomontade about reform in Parliament, can believe that he was once a perfeet,war-dog on the side of the corriptionists, as he calls them, and a common abuser of all who took the part which he now advo- cates. How any of the people can forget the uncom promising tone in which he denounced the opponents of the Government we know not—how they can re concile his present with his former declarations, is per fectly astounding. But the foolish people of Preston who trust in his declarations, must be a little enlight ened by a few quotations from his writings of former times, contrasted with the last speeches he has made. W e find him now crying out to his dupes 'in Lanca shire with an air of vast importance and self-suf ficiency : " Gentlemen, if I were in the House of Commons, I am con vinced that I could do a great deal towards preventing the course of ruinous measures which these Ministers are pursuing. If I were therel would propose something that would restore peace and solidity to the country." Nobody can doubt the truth of this modest decla ration. Mr Cobbett has already discovered the re medy for all the evils which weigh us down. " Yes," Mr. Cobbett very properly says— " The great remedy of all is a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament.—(Cheers.) —Without a Reform you can effect no thing. All that I can do to induce that sort of feeling in the country, that will at last produce a Reform, to create it in the House itself, to call it up amongst the people at large, shall be put in execution ; for without a Reform the country must ultimately become one scene of beggary wt! misery." Yes, the Panacea for all the distr e sses of the work- ing classes must be aft& and free representation of the people of England, nothing less. " The emp)oyers (says Mr. Cobbett) will go on sinking more and more, embarrassments will gather upon them, nutil they actually become poor men—and as to the workmen, I have not the heart to describe the miseries which they will .suffer. To prevent this impending affliction there must be a Reform in the Representation " f , lam thoroughly convinced, that until a Radical Reform takes place, it is in vain that you take any measures for re lief. The people will go deeper and deeper in misery, Until the whole country is sunk in ruin." But the dear, good man, after frightening the old wo men and children of Preston with this dreadful pic ture, at once suggests a preventative, an infallible re medy. , c There is wanted," says the amiable and disinterested man— " There is wanted somebody to propose a remedy—somebody who has the power of so proposing a measure that he will snake its rejection be attended with signal odium. It is for you to determine, Gentlemen, whether or not you will do what you can to get such a person into the House." And the patriotic man goes further still—where were the Prestonians to find such a character, had Cobbett not himself informed them ? But he who dislikes half measures, modestly adds— f, Such a man as I have described to you it is in your power to return to Parliament. lam not guilty of presumption, in say ing that lam such a man. The whole country thinks it; and I believe there is not a man amongst you that does not think it, and that would not say it." We cannot do justice to our feelings of admiration at the unassuming manners of this Preston idol ; all his honours seem to be literally thrust upon him. The timidity with which he receives a compliment,-- the extreme di &knee with which he accepts assurances of support ; in short, his modest retiring manners must be the subject of almost universal praise : pic ture to yourselves, good people, for a moment the broad brown cheeks of William Cobbett, suffused with blushes, the bashful man shrinking from the ap plauses of the crowd, and Sir' Thomasßeevor with difficulty cheering him up . to meet the shouts of the Preston mob, doubtless it was under this impulse, and that of a recollection of his consistency, that he was inspired with the following Those whn have read my writings know vary well that I foretold all this, and warned the Government. But it was in vain to write. To be in the House is what is wanted, and you being in a situaion to do what is wanted, need I put the ques tion, will you do it ?" What idiots would the people of Preston be, to re ject such a disinterested Representative ; who would resist the following appeal from a man whose consis tency we shall shortly prove, who, if he knew Mr. Cobbett, could doubt the pledge which accompa nies it ? a I request your votes; and if you return me to Parliament, I pledge myself that all the remaining powers of life and strength shall lie exercised-to serve my country', and particu lar) ,y to serve you, my friends." Here's a touch of the pathetic for the honest men of Preston. Why it would require a heart of stone to refuse such a patriot all he asked. But there are persons ill-natured enough to think that Mr. Cobbett is not sincere, and who undervalue his pledge merely because he has broken a hundred such before. There certainly , is a trifling difference between some of his former writings and those of the present day ; and for the edification of the Preston voteis, we shall quote a few sentences from his Re gister of the 30th June, 1802,—but we protest against any improper use being made of them to the injury ,of Mr. Cobbett. At this period he- was equally violent in his writings, although on the other side of the question. Speaking of some radical addresses on the subject of the necessity of a reform in Parliament, he says— " The people have been told, in two factious addresses in par ticular, that they are not represented in the House of Com mons—that that Assembly is no longer what it used to he— and that until it be reformed, it is in T in for them to hope for any good from that quarter. The words representation and elective franchise have done,much towards confusing the brain and corrupting the hearts of his Majesty's subjects; and though we have not the vanity to suppose that we possess the power of dissipating the fatal delusion, it is our duty to contribute our mite in the attempt." Mr. Cobbett then argues ably against such doc trine, and, alludes in illustration of his subject, to America, where says he— • " The Elective Franchise was as universal as even Sir Francis Burdett could have wished it ; and we are now about to sea a fair picture of Legislative Assembly, produced by that inesti mable privile g e." We will not further remark on the numerous pas sages which bear immediately on the point ; but shall merely copy from Mr. Cobbett's Register, of the above date, his own sentiments on the ,blessings 'of 44 a full and free representation of the people, not only as stated'in his own language, but as enforced by the writings of an American Pamphleteer whom Cobbett lauds to the skies, and whose work is quoted in the Register in support of Mr. Cobbett's opinions of that day ; we therefore give Mr. Cobbett credit for all that follows. st Our famous countryman, S w ift, has compared th e people. who choose popular assemblies to those silly worms which exliatist their substance and destroy their lives in snaking habits for beings of a superior order. With all d u e deference to such an authority, we beg leave to say, that the latter part of the comparison will not bear the test of experience. That the' people in the exercise of ; their imaginary rights and privileges do exhaust their substance 1 a nd sometimes destroy t h e i r li ves , i s most certain, hut that they do this for the sake'of beep of a superior order Will be believed by no one who has paid any attention to the objects of their choice, and who must, of course, huve observed that that choice does not unfrequently fall upon bankrupts, swindlers, quacks, parasites, panders, Atheists, apastates—ia a word, upon the most infamous and the most despicable of the human race; wretches whom no prudent tradesman would trust alone_ iu his, shop, and with whom any hone.t man would Mush to he seen in conversation. HoW happens it that the people of A •rterica, for hist:a:cc" are induced in many instances to commit their property and their lives to the guardianship of the refuse of the community ? The Americans are, generally speaking, descended from the same an mows with ourselves—they are by no means inferior to us in point of discernmentl—and their love of liberty, property, and, life, is equal to ours. The cause of their preposterous choice is this : the mass of the people of all nations are so fond of nothing as of power. Men of sense know that the people can in reality exercise no power which will not tend to their own injury; and therefore, if they are honest men, as well as men of sense, they scorn to fos ter their vanity at the expence of their peace and happiness. Hence it is,' that , in States where the popular voice is tnicheckeil by a Royal or any other hereditary influence, that voice is in nine times out of tee given in favour of those fawning parasites, who, in order to gratify theii• own interest and ambition, profess to acknowledge no sovereignty but that of the people, and who whence they once get in to power, rule,the poor sovereign that has chosen them with a rod of scorpions, affecting, while the mise rable *retch is writhing under their stripes, to call themselves his representatives.' Of all the tyrannies that Me devil or man ever invented, the tyranny of an elective assembly uncontrolled by regal power is the most insupportable. When the tyrant is an individual, tbe slaves have the satisfaction of knowing their oppressor ; they have the consolation of hearing hint execrated, and amidst their mise ries they are now and then cheered with the hope that some valiant hand will liear a dagger to his heart. list an uncontrolled elective assembly is an undefinable, an invisible, and an invulnera ble monster, it insinuates like the plague, or strikes like the apo plexy ; it is as capricious, us cruel, and as ravenous as death ; like death, too, it loses half its terrors by the frequent repetition of its ravages, and such is its delusive influence, that every man though he daily seees his neighbours falling a sacrifice to the scourge, vainly imagines it to be at a distance from himself. Now for proof of what we have here advanced. ee Vs c,' Mr. Cobbett, " shall quote Mr. Griffith's description of the Legislative Assembly of New Jersey: P. 109.—" It is impracticable here to enter • into a detail of facts, to prove that the virtue of the Legislature has been and will be constantly assailed and overcome. It shows itself in the very formation of the Legislature. No sooner does an elec tion for a Legislative Assembly and Council approach, than the question is not who are the wisest and most disinte rested, and of most integrity ; but who will best answer the views of party, of private ambition, or personal resent ment. In every country there is constantly a succession of people aspiring to appointments civil or military,—some desire to be Judges, some Justices, some Majors, and some Colonels—some have interests depending in the courts of law, and some, perhaps, have resentment against existing officers, and would fain mat them from their seats,—all these, and a thousand snore passions, are set to work, and nominations to the legislature are directed and supported upon principles altogether beside those which should form the basis for a right election of legislative characters ; the result must of course be unfavourable to the public good._ .But this is not all,—not only are elections rendered vicious, and the morals of the people corrupted in these struggles for personal advantages ; but unhappily the candidates partake of the contamination; they roust promise allegiance to their party— You shall be a Judge, and you a Justice, you a Major, and you a Colonel; you a Clerk, and you a Commissioner; I will solicit your cause in the Court of Errors, and will vote for your friend to fill a seat in the Judiciary. " When the Legislature is formed, then begins a scene of in trigue, of canvassing, rind finesse, which - 1)01es all description, and is too notorious to require proof, and too disgusting for ex hibition. The Members of a county in which an office is to be posed of are beset by friendS and partisans of the candidates ; their hopes and fears are excited by all the arts which can be suggested; from these the attack extends itself till it reaches every Member of the Legislature, and so strong and so general does the contest become by the different Representatives having 'earls particular objects to attain, that one grand scene of canvass and barter ensues ; a vote for one is made the condition of voting for another, without regard to qualifications; evenlaws which are to affect the public inter( are trade the price of these interested concessions; and not unfrequentlyisAmost the whole sitting of the Legislature spent in a4usting the pretensions, and marshalling the strength of the respective candidates for office. To such a pitch has this grown, that even the Members of the Legislature complain of it as an intolerable evil. These contests again lay the foundation of new parties and new resentments at the next election. To coun teract the opposition which may he stirred up, all the appoint ments will be .made with a view - to. strengthen the interest of • of the sitting Members. New Commission; Civil and Military, Judges and Justices, General Officers, Geueral Staff and Field Officers, will be made with a reference to the state of parties in the county, instead of being dictated by a quite contrary spirit. It is within the knowledge of those conversant with the courts of Lou' that in the counties many of them are become mere peli. • tical clubs. They take sides; and a man, before be brings on his cause, counts Me heads upon the Bench. " The result of all this is seen and felt in every quarter. . . • From hence proceed the jars and divisions which destroy the pleasure of social life in every neighbourhood and village ; and from hence aria* the instability of laws, the multiplication of magistrates, the weakness and divisions of the courts of justice, the heats and ill-directed zeal at elections, and that general lan guor and dereliction of principle in every department, which menaces the total deprivation of the body politic." " Such Englishmen," says Mr. Cobbett, " such is the description of a Legislative Assembly, where "equal representation" prevails, where almost every man ' has a vote at elections, and where those elections do an nually recur. The ambitious knaves O f matter you tvith high notions of your rights aad privileges, who are everlastingly dinning in your ears the blessings of what they call the " elective franchise," wish to add to the number of electors, because they well know that they would thereby gain an accession of strength. The only object that such men have in view z.s the gratification of their own ambition at the public expence, and to accomplish this ob ject they stand in need of your assistance. There is a continual struggle between them and the legitimate sovereignty of the country which restrains them from pillaging, oppressing, and insulting the people. Hence it is that they are constantly endeavouring to persuade the people that that sovereignty requires to be checked and controlled, in which nei:trious endeavours they are unfortunately but too often successful. How they would act were they once to engross the whole power of the State you may easily, perceive, from what has been disclosed to you respecting the legislature of an American Republic. If you imagine that you should be able to avoid the evils which from this source the Americans have experienced, you deceive yourselves most grossly ; they are as fond of freedom as you are, and they want no in formation, nor any good and great quality that you possess ; but having been too ,jealous if the Royal authority, and lent their ear, and next their hand to those demagogues, who persuaded them that they were capable of governing themselves, they destroyed the only safeguard of that liberty * fir which they thought they were fihting, and the want of which they now so sensibly feel and so deeply deplore. Read this, ye Electors of Preston, and ask yourselves the value of the pledges and professions of the present day. Morton, the Dramatist, has been offered 1,000 guineas by the publisher of Fred. Reynolds's Lift and Times to induce him to write his Memoir's. Morton is the author of A cure for the Heart-ache, The Way to get Married, Speed the Plough, Children in the Wood, and many other Dramas which even now enjoy deserved popularity. Morton was the friend of Miles, Peter Andrews, Major Toplutm, Cumberland, Sheridan, Kemble, Storace, and all the brilliant wits who have lived during the last forty years. Morton's has been a life of great variety, especially as it relates to dramatic history. --Horning Ch ron i c l e . [lf such an offer has been really made to Mr. Morton, we are sorry to learn that his health is in so very precarious a state as to leave little hope of either himself or the public benefiting by a production which thi s talented writer could not ettierwise fad t o render highly interesting and amusing.) GENERAL ELECTION COUNTY, ELECTION'----We perceive from a posting bill just isued, that Colonel Tower, *about to be offered as'a eat;didate..at • the approaching General Election, to of Lancaster in Parliametn.---Preiton . Mr, F,~sl.field Navin offering himself as a Candidate for the Borough of Penryn. W. Manning, Esq. Of London, ha§ declared himself a candidate in lieu of Mr. Fresli fi eld; , and passed. through Truro for Penryn on Thirrsday.eVen,l: mg, accompanied by his son-in-law, Jobs) Anaerdon, Esq. We are also informed that Lord Percevai: u s on; *, the road down, to pa) the electors a visit.---; Gazette. YORKsHIRE.—Mr. Marshall, a respectable mer chant of Leeds, is. expected to offer himself for tills county at the ensuing General Election. WENLocic.—Mr. Forester, of Willey Park, and t Mr. Thompson, of Eserick, near York, arc earivasSiiii. this Borough. sn eet. D nb Countya t, of f B IDGENonTIL—The two Mr. Whitmores are, canvassing the electors, PnEsToN.—Mr. John Wood proceeds in his can vass With every prospect of success. Non w R.—A public meeting has taken place at Norwich with a view to propose a third cruididate on the ensuing Election, many electors haying taken : offence at a presumed coalition between the friends of " Mr. Jonathan Peel ' and Mr. William Smith, to re- WprheLip:drmehsei turn them under a mutual understanding. Edward, Lamb, Esq. was, in the first instance, requested to come forward, but declined ; and an invitation has since been sent to John Harvey, Esq., whose answer has not yet been made public. Mr. Serjeant has just announced his intention of becoming a can, didate. • CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE, Yesterday being Trinity, Monday, this ancient Corporation, according to annual Custom, breakfasted at their House on Tower-Hill, and proceeded in grand procession by water to Deptford. After attending divine service at the church, and hearing a most powerful and impressive sermon from the Rev: C. Benson, Rector of St. Giles's, who acted as their Chaplain on this occasion ; they visited their several houses and establishments at Deptford, arid returned to Town by water. The business of the day being completed, the Eller Brethren entertained a numerous and distinguished eompany.at the City of London Tavern with a most splendid dinner, consisting of all the delicacies of the season. The Earl of LiVerpool ns Master of the Corporation presided ; and amongst the company we noticed the Marquis of Climricard, the Earl of Weattuereland, Earl Bcthurst, Viscount Extnouth, Lord 'Rolle, the Lord Chief Justice, the. Speaker of the Howie of Commons, Mr. Huskia.4iti, and =nit other distinguished characters. The Governors of the Bark and . India House, the Commissioners of the Public Boards, and almost-. all the principal Merchants of the City. - The usual toasts were drank with great applause, and the singing was performed in the finest style which WO remember ever to .have heard at a public _dinner. But the speaking which at this anniversary usually - possesses) very high interest, from the circumstance of so liege a number of the highest politi cal and commercial characters being always present, and the close • connection which subsists between this corporation and the track, and the general interests of the country, was on this occasion Coo fined to the simple return of thanks. To what this deviation from the usual course of proceeding was to be attributed, we could not learn, but it evidently occasioned great disappointment to many who expected, as on former ocessions, to hear some gra ' tifying accounts of the prosperity of the empire, and of its roost important interests ; and the company broke up in consequence at a much earlier hour than usual at this sumptuous entertaitautue. DISTRESS IN FRANCE. Extract of a private lettet froth an intelligent Eng- Lsh merchant at Paris, dated May 20, 1826. " Things bear a most gloomy aspect here ; distress begins to manifest itself in many classes► of society,---the builders, specula tors in land, manufacturers, small traders, and shopkeepers, farmers, ice. Money may be placed on most unexceptionable . mortg-tige at 7 per cent. for 5 years.—Disconnt is very difficult, and public disyust and dissatilisction as to the liresent men and measures, are hourly increasing. We are sleeping on a volcattO. The Funds were yesterday us follows ;_viz. 5 per cent. May, 95.30. ; 9 per cent. do. 61,—Naples, do. 72.130.—Exchanrc on 1.001100, 80 days, 95.50. In all probability the prices will decline, for out of ten possalt events in the present state of the world, there is not one tlivoura able one. The respite for William Jones, convicted 'of a bur glary in the house of the Honourable Mr. Stanhopo, which ex-: Aired this day, has been extended until the last day of Jtine. CAUTION TO DRIVERS, Stc.—A gentleman rid-. ing along the Kent-road, the latter part of last week, observed a cart with a fine horse, without a driver, grazing on the banks of the Surry canal. The poor animal got too rear the bank, and was precipitated with the cart into the basin near Messrs. E:veristand Smith's wharf, where the horse was drowned owing; to his being unable to extricate himself. The driver was, no doubt, regaling himself in some public-house► in the neighbourhood,---a practice too common, and one which merits the severest reprehension. On Sunday last, during church time, the shop of Mr, Danhy, a respectable hair-dresser in the Temple, was entered, anti a great deal of valuable property taken out, but none more valuable than the wigs of some celebrated Barristers, which no doubt accounts for their 'appearing yesterday in borrowed curls, to their great annoyance ; but we hope their clients have not suffered from this untoward circumstance. We' are inclined to think, if the depredator be caught, that the Bar will not let a hair of his wig escape. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSAI,LN, MAY 21. The room and yard at an early were crowded with spectators from every part of the kingdom, insomuch that business was considerably impeded. The fluctuations were great, The Gene ral having gone back to 16 to 1, while Advance took Panic's place,. as first favourite. Forth'. horse (Premier), which he rides himself, is also rising.---The following lean accurate State— ment of the odds on the 5 to I agat Ativoneo 7 to 1 agat Panic 7 to 1 apt The Moslem 8 to 1 agat Rush's • 9'to 1 agat Dervise 10 to I a,;s Monarclt PV.HIIY. 14 to 1 Apt Sliskspeare Itl to I sg, , t The. (ienersi 16 to I ogst Preati..:r 1.25 „ xi „ A‘t Dorina. C. 5 to' I 4 ;4' 41 , The Justice t) 1 aglq 'l'ru tlt xs. 11 to U ago. Problem, and no other named, The Epsom Races commence this day, but no Ttrtienlar'?port is expected till Thursday, when the Derby will be run for. no OAs on Friday. Southampton Races will take place earlier this year than usual; the days fixed on are the 26th cud 27th of July. Winchester Races take place OA the 9tha of August. HAY MAIIKETS--(Tula DA T.) (At per heal of 86 trustu.S. Sr. JA M beaTy Lowland Meadow Hay, /inn* SL o*. to 8 1 . 10*. ; 6to Upland Meadow and 'Rye Graskllay, 81. 10s. to 61. Os. ; Clover Hay, 81. 10a. to 5/. 10s. ; Out 'Strew, 11. 12s. to 11. IG*. ; Wheat Straw, U. las. to 2 t. Os. Stu*, 2s. per load lower than on Saturday. Prices of flay statian.q. Supply pod, and trade rather dull. Su IT II Ln.--Coarse heavy Lowland fileadow flay, from Si. fie. •to 41. ss. ; fine 11 laud Meadow and Hy& ur.o* m 4, ; 41. sm. to 51. 55.; Clover LW: g!'l3erally, 4e t, ;L im, in extraordinary fine, 61.-aix Otieeee were " I ' l 1 A17,1 ; one or two inatanees; Oat Straw, 1/. 10f. U. , os., Straw, 11. 12s. to AL 16s. Aleadow 11 , 1 in t 4 roo f rom t s ,. Clover Hay from 10s. to 19s. per load I'V t s,„„l y f l o it An% to 4s. per load lower than on Satutdor trade unusually Walt. 1 ~ ~~1 t .~ , `:~~~f. ~~<<: i~' .. . , s . ~.c